This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.

For learning to be effective, students must be able to make a spontaneous, unprompted, and appropriate transfer of a learning or problem-solving strategy from one context to another. This can be near transfer to new problems similar to prior instruction, or far transfer to new situations and domains.

Treasure Hunt: Standard 6.NS.8 Solve real-world and mathematical problems by graphing points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane. Include use of coordinates and absolute value to find distances between points with the same x-coordinate or the same y-coordinate.
This formative assessment exemplar was created by a team of Utah educators to be used as a resource in the classroom. It was reviewed for appropriateness by a Bias and Sensitivity/Special Education team and by state mathematics leaders. While no assessment is perfect, it is intended to be used as a formative tool that enables teachers to obtain evidence of student learning, identify assets and gaps in that learning, and adjust instruction for the two dimensions that are important for mathematical learning experiences (i.e., Standards for Mathematical Practice, Major Work of the Grade).

TreeUtah works with students, municipalities, local businesses, community groups, and volunteers to plant trees in public spaces throughout the state.

In this English Journal article, Turley and Gallagher review the purposes and uses of rubrics as a tool of assessment in writing classrooms. They offer four questions intended to “push educators to deliberately articulate ‘judgments about the uses of rubrics’ and why they will or will not use them for assignments.”

This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.

This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.

The focus of the Two-Digit Number Recognition intervention is to build and identify two-digit numbers. It has two phases. Phase 1: Use base ten blocks and a place value chart to identify two-digit numbers up to 99. Phase 2: Find two-digit numbers in a hundreds chart.

This document guides Utah students, staff, and school communities on the appropriate and responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI tools, in classroom instruction, school management, and systemwide operations where permitted by local policy. Generative AI has potential benefits for education and risks that must be thoughtfully managed. Achieving a balance between delivering leading-edge education and safeguarding student information requires collaboration among experts in education and cybersecurity. Providing unrestricted access falls short of providing needed protection. Conversely, an outright ban on AI in schools impedes the development of essential future workforce skills. Instead, a balanced and informed approach is preferred, encompassing both maximizing learning and attending to security measures. This framework will require subsequent reviews to adapt to changes in technology and usage.

The Dyslexia Handbook offers guidance, resources, and appropriate supports and interventions for readers with dyslexia. It is also a communication tool for educators and parents to work together. Our hope is that both educators and parents will use the ideas and techniques in the handbook as a team. It is vitally important that struggling readers not give up on themselves; it is just as important that we as educators and parents assist and empower students with dyslexia to enter the world of reading feeling empowered and prepared for their future.

The USBE Coaching Cycle is designed to support educators through effective coaching to implement high-quality instruction. This cycle is an integral part of the USBE strategic plan to ensure that schools and districts can provide personalized, professional learning for each educator and leader.

This website includes the application documents, competencies, and approved university courses that are aligned to these competencies.

The purpose of this document is to provide a brief overview of the most essential content in the grade level along with a progression of how the content was addressed in the prior grade level and will prepare students for content in the future grade level. This is not a comprehensive list of content in the grade level as defined in the Utah Core Standards, but rather highlights the major work of the grade level.

This resource includes a link to: ● Core Standards ● Core Guides ● Major Works

This microcredential focuses on the effective implementation of the USBE Professional Learning Standards for instructional coaching and professional learning experiences. These standards demand that professional learning designs be created and delivered with intention so that the investment in job-embedded coaching and formal professional learning experiences have the power to impact student outcomes. Note that earning this Microcredential requires prerequisites as aligned with the USBE Instructional Coaching Endorsement and is intended as a competency path for an experienced instructional coach.

The Utah State Board of Education’s Strategic Plan provides a shared vision for the future of Utah’s education system. It identifies a vision for Utah students upon completion through a vision statement and the characteristics outlined in the Portrait of a Graduate. The plan further provides goals that reflect ambitious outcomes we aim for the system to provide for each student and high-leverage strategies to align efforts toward impacting each goal. The plan also orients USBE’s efforts internally as we focus on our mission of creating the conditions for equitable student success

This microcredential represents a teacher’s understanding concepts of measurement and their ability to respond to progressions related to concepts of measurement by planning and implementing instruction based on the Standards for Mathematical Practice and Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices. It involves selecting, using, and adapting mathematics curricula and teaching materials, including the integration of mathematical tools and technology, as well as using formative and summative assessments to evaluate students' understanding of concepts of measurement. This microcredential is the second of five in the Elementary Mathematics Endorsement: Understand and Implement Concepts of Measurement Stack. These microcredentials can be earned in any order.

The focus of the Understanding Ten Ones and Some More Ones intervention has two phases. Phase 1: Group ten ones using physical manipulatives to represent a two-digit number and write it. Phase 2: Group ten ones together after drawing pictures to represent a two-digit number and write it.